Mathematician and data scientist Dr Gilles Mordant at the University of Göttingen has received the annual science prize from Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium. The prize is 1,250 euros and was presented at the Academy in Brussels. The award has a long history: in 1769, the Austrian Queen Maria Theresa, as patron of the Belgian Academy, established this prize together with a prize for literature. Since then, the Science section has presented a topical scientific problem every year, and the prize is awarded for the best solution. Mordant answered this in 2022 with his contributions to transporting measures and statistical decision theory. ...
